OWC neantderthals being left further behind

[behind the wire]

i see tony got his name in the irish news today again - this time for winning a uefa dvd.

[lynchbhoy]

what was that you were saying about whatchaboutery in the other thread EG?

you just displayed it in full with that post there mate.

No "whataboutery" at all.

Fearon posted an item about GAA sponsorship. I responded with one of my own about GAA sponsorship. That's how threads work.

TFearon posted a story of an actual sponsorship (cross community, Gaa for all etc)
you responded with a story (fairy tale) regarding a 'supposed' failed sponsorship bid due to a 'potential' problem

thats exactly like for like 

one of the brothers grimm it seems 

[Orior]

"McCulla's, who have numerous business links with the Republic, say the deal is all about getting their name out in front of new customers"

All that publicity and for a fraction of the cost of sponsoring a crap county like Antrim. Clever guys those McCullas, I'll give them that! 

Funnily enough, I was talking to someone the other day who had been trying to secure sponsorship for a local soccer venture in NI. They were talking to a prominent Catholic businessman in the area, to see whether he might help. It seems he was not at all averse, but in the end declined, since he is already a sponsor of GAA in the same area, and he made it clear that the shit he'd get from certain quarters in the GAA (i.e. for supporting a "garrison" sport) made it more trouble than it was worth.

Oh well.

Crikey, that GAA man was talking to evil genius, who hates all things gaelic. Boy, did he have a lucky escape!

[Evil Genius]

TFearon posted a story of an actual sponsorship (cross community, Gaa for all etc)
you responded with a story (fairy tale) regarding a 'supposed' failed sponsorship bid due to a 'potential' problem

thats exactly like for like 

one of the brothers grimm it seems 

As I say, you can choose to accept it, or not - I'm hardly bothered if you don't.

[Mentalman]

TFearon posted a story of an actual sponsorship (cross community, Gaa for all etc)
you responded with a story (fairy tale) regarding a 'supposed' failed sponsorship bid due to a 'potential' problem

thats exactly like for like 

one of the brothers grimm it seems 

As I say, you can choose to accept it, or not - I'm hardly bothered if you don't.

:)The fact that you feel the need to keep on responding suggests that your are, in fact, bothered

[his holiness nb]

:)The fact that you feel the need to keep on responding suggests that your are, in fact, bothered

Was thinking the same thing

[Evil Genius]

Funnily enough, I was talking to someone the other day who had been trying to secure sponsorship for a local soccer venture in NI. They were talking to a prominent Catholic businessman in the area, to see whether he might help. It seems he was not at all averse, but in the end declined, since he is already a sponsor of GAA in the same area, and he made it clear that the shit he'd get from certain quarters in the GAA (i.e. for supporting a "garrison" sport) made it more trouble than it was worth.

Oh well.

Crikey, that GAA man was talking to evil genius, who hates all things gaelic. Boy, did he have a lucky escape!

Bloody Hell!

Donagh scoffs because it was a "friend of a friend" story, but you do so because I was talking directly to the source himself...

Let me try once more:

I was talking to a person who had been talking to a GAA sponsor.

Me - Contact - GAA sponsor

(Jaysus, sometimes this Board is harder work than Father Ted trying to explain perspective to Father Dougal... )

[Mentalman]

Funnily enough, I was talking to someone the other day who had been trying to secure sponsorship for a local soccer venture in NI. They were talking to a prominent Catholic businessman in the area, to see whether he might help. It seems he was not at all averse, but in the end declined, since he is already a sponsor of GAA in the same area, and he made it clear that the shit he'd get from certain quarters in the GAA (i.e. for supporting a "garrison" sport) made it more trouble than it was worth.

Oh well.

Crikey, that GAA man was talking to evil genius, who hates all things gaelic. Boy, did he have a lucky escape!

Bloody Hell!

Donagh scoffs because it was a "friend of a friend" story, but you do so because I was talking directly to the source himself...

Let me try once more:

I was talking to a person who had been talking to a GAA sponsor.

Me - Contact - GAA sponsor

(Jaysus, sometimes this Board is harder work than Father Ted trying to explain perspective to Father Dougal... )

So I take it you're still not bothered? 

[stew]

"McCulla's, who have numerous business links with the Republic, say the deal is all about getting their name out in front of new customers"

All that publicity and for a fraction of the cost of sponsoring a crap county like Antrim. Clever guys those McCullas, I'll give them that! 

Funnily enough, I was talking to someone the other day who had been trying to secure sponsorship for a local soccer venture in NI. They were talking to a prominent Catholic businessman in the area, to see whether he might help. It seems he was not at all averse, but in the end declined, since he is already a sponsor of GAA in the same area, and he made it clear that the shit he'd get from certain quarters in the GAA (i.e. for supporting a "garrison" sport) made it more trouble than it was worth.

Oh well.

Or maybe he had pumped tens of thousands into the GAA and had spent his budget for the year and didnt fancy throwing an IFA team a  couple of hundred quid to be their main sponsor.

That story sounds like a bunch of s**** to me.

[Evil Genius]

Or maybe he had pumped tens of thousands into the GAA and had spent his budget for the year

That story sounds like a bunch of s**** to me.

It would actually have been a lot easier for him to have said that and no-one would have been any the wiser.

[Orior]

Funnily enough, I was talking to someone the other day who had been trying to secure sponsorship for a local soccer venture in NI. They were talking to a prominent Catholic businessman in the area, to see whether he might help. It seems he was not at all averse, but in the end declined, since he is already a sponsor of GAA in the same area, and he made it clear that the shit he'd get from certain quarters in the GAA (i.e. for supporting a "garrison" sport) made it more trouble than it was worth.

Oh well.

Crikey, that GAA man was talking to evil genius, who hates all things gaelic. Boy, did he have a lucky escape!

Bloody Hell!

Donagh scoffs because it was a "friend of a friend" story, but you do so because I was talking directly to the source himself...

Let me try once more:

I was talking to a person who had been talking to a GAA sponsor.

Me - Contact - GAA sponsor

(Jaysus, sometimes this Board is harder work than Father Ted trying to explain perspective to Father Dougal... )

Well then how do you get to Carnegie Hall?

[stiffler]

TFearon posted a story of an actual sponsorship (cross community, Gaa for all etc)
you responded with a story (fairy tale) regarding a 'supposed' failed sponsorship bid due to a 'potential' problem

thats exactly like for like 

one of the brothers grimm it seems 

As I say, you can choose to accept it, or not - I'm hardly bothered if you don't.

Yea we will accept everything you say